Swami Sivananda
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
This year the European Union of the National Yoga Federations is celebrating 'Swami Sivananda's Birthday Week' in Zinal from 6th to 12th September.
Swami Shivananda (1854 - 1934) was born Tarak Nath Ghosal in the village of Barasat in West Bengal. He was a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, and became the second president of the Ramakrishna Mission.
SWAMI SIVANANDA
"Throughout the ages, the world has been guided by spiritually illumined people who come from time to time to raise man's consciousness and to remind us of the path we must traverse.
Swami Atma-swaruparamananda
Teaching Schedule & Travel Itinerary
Swami Atma is traveling on a regular basis to different parts of Europe and the rest of the world, wherever interest in the teachings is being shown.
SWAMI SIVANANDA
Delivered on September 8, 1998 in the Samadhi Shrine of The Sivananda Ashram on the occasion of Swami Sivananda's Birth Anniversary ...
Swami Ramdev: Yoga does it
Yoga Guru : Swami Ramdev is in the eye of a controversy.
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Swami Vishnudevananda
Founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres, Swami Vishnudevananda, was a world authority on Hatha and Raja Yoga.
Swami Dharmananda was born to Shri Lal Mohan Das and Smt. Aparna Das on 2nd Nov, 1953. His father sacrificed all his personal needs and a brilliant career in the Railways to take care of his education.
Inspiring Words of Swami Niranjanananda
Transforming the personality and building character. We tend to identify with the weaknesses rather than the strengths of our character.
THE YASODHARA YOGA TALKS
Given by Swami Venkatesananda in 1975
PART ONE:
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Swami
One who has completely controlled and subjugated his desires and senses. A title used for accomplished ascetics eg. Swami Divyanand, Swami Shivanand.
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Swami. Title of respect for a spiritual master.
Tantra yoga. This yoga uses visualization, chanting, asana, and strong breathing practices to tap highly charged kundalini energy in the body. See article on Yoga Styles.
swami: lit. "one with the self." Hindu monk.
Tantra: lit. a "loom," hence: "framework," "structure," or "essential part.
Swami(ji)
Monk or devotee, adept of the spiritual order of swami.
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Swami : A term of respectful address for a sannyasi, or monk.
Swamiji : A term of respectful address for a sannyasi, or monk.
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Swami: Title given to a monk; a swami is a monk who has taken vows of renunciation and of service to God and humanity.
Swami Krishna Ashram
Swami Krishna Ashram is a living saint at Daroli village, 14 miles below Gangotri, the origin of the Ganges.
By Sri Swami Sivananda
Four Asanas are prescribed for the purpose of Japa and meditation. They are Padmasana, Siddhasana, Svastikasana and Sukhasana.
Swami Sivananda & Swami Vishnu-Devanand
Sivananda is one of the world's largest schools of Yoga. It is very supportive to beginners.
swami radhananda
Swami Radha once wrote that, "As you keep practising, the channel will become clearer. This is a form of selfless service." In my own practice, I've been investigating what this could mean.
Swami Yogasagar has 25 years experience and offers a wide range of yoga courses to his students. he initiates into mantra, kriya yoga and teaches the kundalini system. Visitors may join in on the classes.
Swami Chidananda
Sivananda Ashram
P. 0. Shivanandanagar - 249 192
Disti. Tehri-Garhwal, U.P.
Swami Ramdev has exhumed the Indian ancestral science of Pranayam from the grave of darkness, fear and monopoly of a few and presented it in its simplest form for the welfare of the mankind.
Swami Chidvilasananda, the current Siddha Guru and head of the Siddha lineage. Her name literally means the bliss of the play of Consciousness and was given to her by Swami Muktananda when she took the vows of monkhood in 1982.
CHITI: ...
Swami Niranjanananda is the successor to Paramahamsa Satyananda
Nidra
isolation from the senses and the mind; sleep ...
- Swami P r a b h u p â d a's original first name was Abhaya: the one fearless.
- The Lord as the protector of the devotees is called the sure shelter of freedom from fear (see P r a h l â d a and e.g. 5.24: 25).
Under Swami Muktananda's leadership, the ashram at Ganeshpuri grew substantially and became known as Gurudev Siddha Peeth.
In Swami Venkatesananda's translation of the the Yoga Sutra, Patanjali, the first codifier of yoga, says, "By study [not necessarily nor exclusively] of scriptures, and of oneself, the consciousness is united with the desired [or loved] divinity.
Maharaj - Swami Brahmananda (1863-1922), a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna who was popularly known by this name. Sometimes Swamis are also addressed as Maharaj, which literally means 'a great king' or 'emperor'.
Manakak - Swami Lakshmanjoo's great-grandmaster
Mantra - (also mantram) a sound formula of particular syllables repeated by Yogis to produce a change in consciousness
Mantra devata - the particular universal force toward which a mantram is directed ...
Nikhilananda, Swami, The Upanishads Vol. II, Ramakrishna/Vivekananda Center:New York 1990
Sanskrit Texts:
Mahanirvana Tantra ...
__ SAMATVAM YOGA - UCHYATE ( Bhagvad Geeta) Equanimity of mind in yoga __ Sri Aurobindo says : Yoga clevates a man from the level of animal man to Divine man __ Swami Vivekananda - Yoga is a way to condense the process of evolution.
Many Yogins of yore, like Sri Jnanadeva, Trailing Swami, Ramalinga Swami and others, had utilised this breath, this force, the Prana, in a variety of ways. You can also do so, if you practise Pranayama by prescribed breathing exercises.
An example of this approach is contained in Swami Shivapremananda's book, "Yoga for Stress Relief." xxvi He suggests a three-month program that begins with simple chest opening in a seated, cross-legged, position.
* Gitananda Yoga - Swami Gitananda Giri
* Iyengar Yoga - B.K.S. Iyengar
* Kripalu Yoga - Amrit Desai
* Kriya Yoga - Paramahansa Yogananda
* Sahaj Marg - Shri Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari
* Sahaja Yoga - Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava ...
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda- a popular and inspirational account of the amazing life of a modern master of Yoga.
The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga by Swami Vishnu-Devananda.
Meditation and Mantras by Swami Vishnu-Devananda.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa touched Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda had superconscious experiences. He struggled hard for seven years more even after the touch for attaining perfection.
After the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutras, the most fundamental text of Yoga is the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, written by Swami Swatamarama, that in great detail lists all the main asanas, pranayama, ...
The benefits of Bhakti Yoga are immense, as Swami Sivananda writes, “Bhakti softens the heart and removes jealousy, hatred, lust, anger, egoism, pride and arrogance. It infuses joy, divine ecstasy, bliss, peace and knowledge.
Creating a disease free world with Swami Ramdev's Yoga, Pranayam and Medicines : Healing of all diseases through Swami Ramdev's Yoga, Pranayam, and Ayurvedic medicines for various incurable medicines like Diabetes, High Blood pressure, Obesity Conrol, ...
"Patanjali's Vision of Oneness", Translation by Swami Venkatesanda
"The Threads of Union", Translation courtesy Bon Giovanni
"The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali", interpreted by William Q. Judge (Theosophical University Press Edition) ...
Translated and with commentary by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood
Vedanta Press, California
A major work on the philosophy of yoga and the practice of meditation, written about 2000 years ago.
Sivananda Yoga is named after the teachings of Swami Sivananda.
This is a not a proprietary form of Hatha Yoga. In this the training concentrates on maintaining the health and wellness of the practitioner.
Weekly classes and weekend workshops in the Teachings of Swami Sivananda Radha: Hidden Language Hatha Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Mantra, Meditation, and dreams. Weekly Satsang. Contact for new Yoga magazine, ascent.
Kathopanishad, translated by Swami Sarvananda (Madras, India: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1973), page viii. May He Protect Us Both ...
Aparokshanubhuti By Adi Sankaracharya, Translated by Swami Vimuktananda
Published by Advaita Ashram, Kolkatta ...
a designation applied especially to the yoga of Kashmiri Shaivism, as taught by Swami Muktananda (twentieth century)
Siddhi ("accomplishment/perfection") ...
" (Both translations are from the Hatha Yoga Pradipika translated by Swami Muktibodhananda, Bihar School.) So by practicing this asana, ...
meditate; second, how to meditate; and then third, applications for meditation. This book is one you can return to later, any time you need inspiration and help dealing with the stresses of everyday life. Beginner's Guide to Meditation by Goswami ...
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